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The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity's report looks at “different paradigms
for what cybersecurity means for national security as well economic security,” and
reconfigures what companies and government agencies need to do to “manage and mitigate
cybersecurity risks,”
Norma M. Krayem, senior policy adviser at Holland & Knight LLP in Washington and co-chair
of the firm’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Team, told Bloomberg BNA Dec. 5.

Companies need to look at lessons learned from successful partnerships with the government
and also identify where there are rooms for improvement, she said. “Proactive relationships
with the government have great benefits for companies,”
Krayem said.

Obama Commissioned Report

The commission was created within the Department of Commerce as a part of President
Barack Obama’s $19 billion Cybersecurity National Action Plan, proposed Feb. 9. The
commission consists of 12 private and public stakeholders across various sectors appointed
by the president.

Cybersecurity concerns shouldn’t be a new phenomenon for Trump, who has focused on
the issue through a national security lens. Whether Trump will follow up on cybersecurity
campaign promises or adopt the recommendations in the White House report remains to
be seen.

Ari Schwartz, managing director of Cybersecurity Services at Venable LLP in Washington,
told Bloomberg BNA Dec. 5 that the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity’s
report is a “menu for the next administration.” It is a good first step for the Trump
administration in formulating its cybersecurity policies, Schwartz, a former special
assistant to the president and senior director for cybersecurity on Obama’s National
Security Council, said.

Kiersten Todt, executive director of the commission, said Dec. 5 during a press briefing
at policy think tank New America, that she expects officials from the Obama administration
to meet with the Trump transition team in the coming weeks to discuss the report’s
recommendations.

Cybersecurity Recommendations for Trump

The Trump administration will be faced with tackling cybersecurity threats in his
first 100 days in office. The president-elect will have a full plate of cybersecurity
offerings when he enters the White House.

U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said in a recent statement that
the report “provides a path forward for government, the commercial sector, consumers
and educators to address” the cybersecurity challenges ahead. The report shows the
“need for collaboration among public and private sectors” to boost U.S. cybersecurity,
privacy and national security interests. Pritzker is expected to deliver a speech
on the cybersecurity report Dec. 6. at the
USTelecom’s National Cybersecurity Policy Forum.

Todt, who was appointed to the cybersecurity commission by Pritzker, said that an
essential issue for the incoming administration is to focus on “which agency or government
group is responsible” for cybersecurity. The report was a nonpartisan effort written
for whichever party that won the White House, she said.

Cybersecurity concerns aren’t a “tangential issue,” Todt said. The next administration
needs to show U.S. companies and government agencies that securing its “weakest security
link is the most important thing for cybersecurity,” she said.

The report provided cybersecurity recommendations for the next administration. Schwartz
agreed with the commission’s recommendation that the government should update legacy
IT systems.

“Anyone that has worked with government agencies at any level will understand that
legacy systems are problematic,” he said. Securing these systems is a “priority” for
the incoming administration Schwartz said.

According to Krayem, the commission’s recommendations are compatible with the Trump
administration’s cybersecurity plans. Trump’s transition team has said that cybersecurity
is in the administration’s top 10 priorities and is also an action item in the first
100 days, she said.

“Looking at the recommendations through this lens, there are more than enough recommendations”
that the Trump administration will likely pursue, Krayem said.

However, it’s unclear whether the Trump administration will adopt the recommendations
wholesale. Every administration wants to put their stamp on policies, she said.

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